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Love without knowledge is demonic.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he ‘lives’ his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.
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Fantasy Man Philosophy Religion Thinking
One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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Death Moments Motivational Realize Strong Work Yourself
It is very difficult also to sacrifice one’s suffering. A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
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Difficult Give Up Himself Pleasure Sacrifice Suffering
My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God.
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Development God Hide Nature Potential Way
You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.
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Awake Place Sleep System Yourself
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
Believe nothing, not even yourself.
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Believe Yourself
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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Circle Humanity Important Lose Move Past Progress
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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Himself Hope Man
Patience is the mother of will.
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Mom One Liner Patience Willing
Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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